Surface Rendering adds a visual 3D effect to volumetric data to display the surface of anatomical structures in a natural, easy to understand manner. The technique provides outstanding delineation of detail and enhances the visual impression of structure and cavities. This can prove especially helpful when collaborating with referring clinicians or communicating the clinical results to the patient.

Aplio’s Multi-Planar Reconstruction function allows you to review a specific structure or region of interest simultaneously in three orthogonal planes accompanied by a surface rendering or box volume image. The increased anatomical information contained in the high-resolution cross sections can help you to better understand anatomical relationships or the extent of a given lesion.

With MultiView you can generate series of cross sections of a given volume in an instant. The resulting display of multiple parallel cut planes provides a very effective tool for the assessment of lesions and their associated structures. Multi View allows you to cut a given volume in any direction to reveal high-resolution off-axis views that can further enhance your diagnostic confidence.

Color Doppler adds valuable functional information to the grayscale image. With Aplio you can acquire color Doppler volumes in 3D with the same high quality and resolution as you are used to from 2D imaging. Aplio’s 3D cavity mode allows you to invert the grayscale image to generate renderings of cavities and vascular structures in a surface-rendered presentation.

Assessing anatomy and function of the fetal heart can be a challenging task. 4D imaging assists you in visualizing every aspect of anatomy, wall motion and hemodynamic function. STIC imaging automatically determines the exact position of each acquired imaging slice in the heart cycle and reshuffles all frames to form one high speed 4D data set for comprehensive review of the fetal heart.

4D datasets give you the full picture of a suspicious region. Volumetric contrast-enhanced ultrasound can help you improve diagnostic accuracy in complex examinations such as the evaluation of tumor-feeding vessels or the efficiency control after tumor ablation. Realtime 3D needle tracking and targeting facilitates invasive procedures such as biopsies or RF ablations.

Fly Thru is a stunning new technology that lets you virtually dive into a volume data set to explore cavities, ducts and vessels from the inside and in 3D. Being comparable to virtual endoscopy, Fly Thru adds cross-sectional ultrasound information to the plain surface data, making it an expert tool for exploring lesions and ingrowing masses, as well as to assist in planning and follow up of interventions such as placing stents or grafts.

Fly Thru navigates you automatically through cavities, ducts and vessels. All you need to do is to set a start point anywhere in the volume to start the autopilot function. If needed, you can take over control at any time. Moving the trackball will change the flight direction. Using the console’s rotary switches you can also browse the cavity fully manually.
Thanks to its raw data functionality Fly Thru can be performed on any 3D volume data set acquired with your Aplio at any time. Similar to the MPR function, Fly Thru images can be supplemented by adding three orthogonal planes providing additional, cross-sectional information as well as a marker indicating the direction of navigation. Each flight can be stored as a movie clip for later review or presentation.